284 Chap. 9. AnExpofition upon the BookofJ O B. Verf. i8 are vifìbly encotnpa(t about,and befieged with an armyofforrows and oppofers, an army ofinvi(ible comforts, andproteaoursmay be encamping round about us : As EliJha affured his fervant, a King. 6. 17. Secondly, (Which I (hall Gat onlyRame,becaufe I have met it heretofore.) The Lord is not accountable to any creatureforhis aIlion:. He multiplyeth my wounds without caufe, or Hemultiplyeth my wounds without Jhewingcaufe. God is the onlyJudge, who may give fentence without hearing parties, or Chewing caufe. It is un- righteous in an earthly Judge to do fo ; he mutt not judge a man toany fuffering, and not thew reafonof his judgement: But the irtt caute needs not thew fecond caufes. God hath the reafon of all things in himfelf, and therefore wecannot call him to givehis reafon. where the will of the Agent may lawfully be all the rea- fon ofhis actions, there is no reafon he thould give any account of hismaims, but what himfelfwills. Thenext verfe is of the fame tenour in fence with the former, the difference is only in exprelíion. Verf. a 8. He will notfuffer me to take my breath,but ftlleth me with bitternefs. He not only breaks me with a tempera, and multiplies my wounds, but He will not fufer meta take my breath. This-implies theunintermittednefs of aftlictions;as ifhe had faid,I have not only manyafiFdions,andgreatafiflions, but cousinuall afielions. The tvToa dcdit,ibi Hebrew is, Hewill not giveme to draw backmy breath, orfiner my rresraherefpiri- breath to return: The words are of the fame importance with thofe of the 7th Chapter, ver. 19. How long wilt thou not depart from me ? Nor let me alone till IJivallow downmyfpittle ? That is, wilt thou not giveme fomuch refpite as tofwallow downanyflit- ? Here (which is more) he affirms, Hewill notgive mefa.. much as a breathing time. Some interpret this ofa bodily diftemper or difeafe : that God had brought a ficknefs upon him, which did even flop his breath, kid= ad as ifJob had been troubled with hardnefs of breathing, with the enorbUtn reje- 7-Tick fck (as Phyftians call it) or a flopping in the lungs. But we Ont. quaf Job. may rather take it figuratively, my forrowsput me out o£breath, 'VAT' 1oá9. the Lord doth not onlyof idme without givingme any account, car. ECM. but bhave.uncelfant afHiCtions, which cannot be counted. No man
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